Service Manager - Placements - Croydon Salary: CSRA £73,434 - £80,437 36 per week / Monday - Friday Permanent Job Purpose Croydon Children''s Social Care have been going through transformation. One of the areas we have made great strides forward in is the service which finds homes for our Children Looked After and Care Experienced Young Adults. We believe that nobody''s children live in placements. Our children live in homes where they are loved and cared for. We want exactly the same for our CLA and CEYA. So our service is called Homefinding. Over the last year or so we have pulled together a team with sufficient management capacity and staff resource to be able to give the time and attention to finding homes the attention it deserves. We now want to complete the process by creating a fully permanently staff service. We are seeking a qualified and experienced Service Manager to join our placements service. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring children receive the best support to help them achieve their aspirations and have an active voice in everything that we do. You will lead, motivate, manage, supervise and develop practice and performance of a team of 2 Team Managers to foster a culture of continuous learning and development. The successful candidate should have an experience in similar role. You will be an experienced Registered Social Work Manager. You will have resilience and ability to work in a pressurised environment. You will have a ..... full job details .....